Earlier this year, Cyclone Nargis hit Burma. Unlike almost any other government in response to a natural disaster, the junta in Burma initially refused, and then restricted and diverted international …

Burma’s oldest ethnic rebel group, the Karen National Union (KNU), concluded its 14th congress in Karen State on October 18, with 11 new appointed executive members, including the first woman genera…

If the Burmese government is to live up to its international responsibilities on women’s rights, it must allow women to participate fully in the political life of the country.

Sen Lam: Dr Thaung Htun, the Opposition Coalition has opposed a new initiative. Can you tell us more about this? Dr. Thaung Htun: The new initiative we propose is related to active involvement of reg…

Muhammad Ashraf Ali Faruk Bangladesh has close socio-cultural and economical link with Myanmar for centuries. When Bangladesh was a British colony; a huge number of Bangladeshi people mainly from Chi…

(Mizzima/IFEX) - Information Minister Brigadier General Kyaw San has notified all government departments to inform him in advance if there is any information that they wish to withhold so that his min…

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 20:22 New Delhi - Burma's Foreign Minister Nyan Win's historic visit to North Korea indicates that the isolated Southeast Asian nation is on the look-out for friendly nations,…

YANGON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — Associacao Missao Esperanca (AME) soccer team from Brazil played second fund-raising charity soccer match for Myanmar cyclone Nargis victims with the Myanmar All Stars team…

The foreign ministers of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Myanmar pledged to improve bilateral ties between the two countries, the official KCNA news agency reported Tuesday. Visit…

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 15:02 New Delhi - A group which claims to be an armed organization named the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors (VBSW) has confessed that the man who died in a bomb explosion i…